YouTube fixed!

November 25, 2010 (approximate) · by Aleksander Aas

Thanks to youtube for solving this!

The YouTube issue was solved last night. Now all you need to do is pop over and take a look at your favorite video!

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Tamil15. April 2010, 11:57
Daniel Hendrycks15. April 2010, 11:58
Is there a work around for average people who do not use UserJS in the works?
Paul Vuolle15. April 2010, 12:01
How about fix also to Opera Mobile 10 for symbian?
Can't watch youtube videos, works only on Opera Mini 5.
Nicolas15. April 2010, 12:02
Thank's
Ryan Salzgeber15. April 2010, 12:05
I can't find "User JavaScript folder" on the about page
Aleksander Aas15. April 2010, 12:07
Originally posted by NemVitzh:

I can't find "User JavaScript folder" on the about page
Alternatives exist!

Save it to any folder (I created a "JS" folder inside my Opera folder a long time ago), go to youtube press F12 > Edit site preferences > Scripting and point to your folder in the bottom text-field!
SovietRussia15. April 2010, 12:08
Originally posted by NemVitzh:

I can't find "User JavaScript folder" on the about page

Do you have user javascript enabled in opera:config?
][ePyBuM15. April 2010, 12:09
Doesn't work for me. Before you ask, I'm familiar with userscript js.

UPD: it works for me now, the page was still in cache.
Nicolas15. April 2010, 12:10
On the about page, it between "Plug-in path" and "User CSS directory"
Daniel Hendrycks15. April 2010, 12:15
[ePyBuM]Doesn't work for me.
Cache?
][ePyBuM15. April 2010, 12:15
This worked for me.
RMB -> Edit Site Preferences -> Network -> Mask as FF
Ryan Salzgeber15. April 2010, 12:17
@SovietRussia @Aleksander Aas Got it! Thanks!
][ePyBuM15. April 2010, 12:17
Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

Cache?
Oops
Tnx, that works too.
Lizard15. April 2010, 12:20
Originally posted by Aleksander:

Save it to any folder (I created a "JS" folder inside my Opera folder a long time ago), go to youtube press F12 > Edit site preferences > Scripting and point to your folder in the bottom text-field!

Thank lot
Curtis15. April 2010, 12:20
Awesome, thanks.
oceanic15. April 2010, 12:22
for those who have no idea what user js is follow this small guide:

#1 create a folder anywhere (somewhere in My Documents will be just fine)
#2 save the YoutubeProtectionRemover.js to that folder
#3 go to youtube, right click anywhere on the page and select "Edit Site Preferences..."
#4 navigate to the "Scripting" tab and select the folder you created under "User JavaScript Folder" and click okay
#5 refresh page
#6 send google a email that they are a bunch of ignorant developers
Murat SO15. April 2010, 12:22
That work for me only on Youtube's channel pages.
When I try to watch a single video, it does NOT work.

Waiting for a better solution...

Thanks.

Originally posted by oceanic:

#6 send google a email that they are a bunch of ignorant developers

hahahahaha!! that's true!!! i think that they are doing this to make people use their browser... :/
Jason Kasewieter15. April 2010, 12:26
It didn't work for me originally either. However there is a step or two missing.

When you save "YoutubeProtectionRemover.js", it is a good idea to save it to a new folder called "UserJava" in you user folder i.e:
"C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\UserJava." **

Then open YouTube.com.
* Press the F12 key.
* Choose Edit Site Preferences.
* Choose Scripting Tab.
* Click Choose button, & navigate to where you saved the javascript;
In this example:
"C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\UserJava."
* Restart Opera.
* Now Profit :-)

Hope this helps.

** Note if you are running Windows XP; "Users" needs to be replaced with "Documents and Settings"
Bartosz Misiak15. April 2010, 12:30
Removing YouTube cookies in the site preferences was enough for me.
This UserJS didn't help actually.
dirk15. April 2010, 12:36
thanks!
decodedthought15. April 2010, 12:37
thank you
Artem15. April 2010, 12:41
Murat, maybe your videos not on www.youtube.com domain? Some changes should be done to the script in this case.
Murat SO15. April 2010, 12:42
Found a solution...!! I think this works better for everyone

by Andreas on Facebook:

1.Go to youtube
2.Right click
3.Select "Block content"
4.Select "Details"
5.Select "add"
3.Paste this -> http://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/www-core-new-vfl160018.js
4.Press "Close"
5.Press "Done"

That's it!
Originally posted by catlion:

Murat, maybe your videos not on www.youtube.com domain? Some changes should be done to the script in this case.

No, it was on youtube. I'm ok with the above solution...
biteater15. April 2010, 12:54
Is this a you tube problem or a opera issue.
Did try those solutions with no success.
Will use Firefox again till issues are fixed!!!!!!

Thank you !
Aleksander Aas15. April 2010, 12:55
Originally posted by biteater:

Is this a you tube problem or a opera issue.
Youtube It's fixed from our end.

If this isn't working make sure you delete cookies also!
Daniel15. April 2010, 12:56
It´s an Youtube-Issue.
It´s not Opera's "fault"
Martin Rauscher15. April 2010, 13:01
Well, YT works fine for me... Maybe because I have Flash 10.1 RC installed...
15. April 2010, 13:20
Originally posted by Aleksander:

Alternate solution:
Alternative solution 2:
http://unite.opera.com/application/401/
carsteam15. April 2010, 13:24
it used to work, but not anymore so clearly it's an youtube issue.
Matthew Wilcoxson15. April 2010, 13:27
Will we get some feedback on what exactly the problem is, from a technical point of view?

Also, is there somewhere on YouTube we can reprot the problem?
Sami Serola15. April 2010, 13:33
Thank you very much for the tip
berend ytsma15. April 2010, 13:34
Originally posted by mwilco:

Also, is there somewhere on YouTube we can reprot the problem?
There's an tread about it
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=3cbbb4aafb595f5e&hl=en
and you really don't have to report it to youtube, they now allready!!!
mcclausky15. April 2010, 14:00
Great patch!
Now if you can also find a similar workaround for the "Awaiting DNS confirmation" issue, that will make our days...
Robert15. April 2010, 14:04
Originally posted by NemVitzh:

I can't find "User JavaScript folder" on the about page

I just threw the JS script into my plugins folder and assigned that as my user javascript folder: Ctrl+F12 (or Tools -> Preferences -> Content -> Javascript Options.

By doing that, and then going to "opera:about" it will show that.

(I know I'm late in posting, but, it's still morning here in the States.)

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(Hieu) Phan The Hieu15. April 2010, 14:13
Thanks for your debug
Rocky Siu15. April 2010, 14:15
It worked!!! Yay!!!
leighman15. April 2010, 14:41
Wasn't working for me either on Linux.
Seems html5 stopped working again with this
D.15. April 2010, 14:42
1.Go to youtube
2.Right click
3.Select "Block content"
4.Select "Details"
5.Select "add"
3.Paste this -> http://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/www-core-new-vfl160018.js
4.Press "Close"
5.Press "Done"

Works for my here in NL

Greets,
berend ytsma15. April 2010, 14:43
@marv1993:follow the steps as described in this post
swordsmith15. April 2010, 14:47
thumbsup
Rijk15. April 2010, 15:21
Use 'Help > Check for Updates' to get the freshly updated browser.js that will work around the Youtube problem for now. With this update, you don't need to manually install a user javascript anymore.
rugas15. April 2010, 15:27
Originally posted by somurat:

Found a solution...!! I think this works better for everyone

by Andreas on Facebook:

1.Go to youtube

2.Right click

3.Select "Block content"

4.Select "Details"

5.Select "add"

3.Paste this -> http://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/www-core-new-vfl160018.js

4.Press "Close"

5.Press "Done"

This works!
mlouis15. April 2010, 15:34
Well i'm on linux and I had this problem with 10.10 and the flashblock user script (http://my.opera.com/Lex1/blog/flashblock-for-opera-9). This script solved my problem. Thx !
Icko15. April 2010, 15:49
Thanks work for my opera.
Artur „Jurgi” Jurgawka15. April 2010, 16:02
Works also on 10.10. Thx.
Salah Eddine15. April 2010, 16:07
Works perfectly, thank you !
Waiting for a permanent solution, though. This problem doesn't show up with Firefox, I assume that it's an Opera issue.
v-love15. April 2010, 16:25
its not an "opera issue", its a "stupid coders at google/youtube not giving a shit about good browsers issue", in fact.
Jorge Eduardo15. April 2010, 16:28
Originally posted by PoGoGeK:

1.Go to youtube

2.Right click

3.Select "Block content"

4.Select "Details"

5.Select "add"

3.Paste this -> http://s.ytimg.com/yt/jsbin/www-core-new-vfl160018.js

4.Press "Close"

5.Press "Done"

Works for me! Thanks
Salah Eddine15. April 2010, 17:04
Originally posted by v-love:

its not an "opera issue", its a "stupid coders at google/youtube not giving a shit about good browsers issue", in fact.

Yeah you're right. I remember that we have once a similar problem with Rapidshare. Opera respect of the web standards seems to be the reason why a lot of people use other browsers. I mean, if you're not a fan of Opera and you have troubles with Youtube, you don't bother yourself by installing some User JavaScript, people don't even know what it is. So, i suggest that Opera "decrease" its standards in order to survive in this ignorant world !
wilk15. April 2010, 17:53
Thanks Snapp100 for the workaround! I was pretty confused when I saw "Go upgrade!" text instead of videos. And good to hear that it's not the Opera's fault.